Tucked away in the northwestern quadrant of D.C. is another white house, this one home ... Observatory, which serves as a hub for astronomical research on all things in the sea, on land and in space.

Hubble and its fellow observatories ... Space Telescope was designed to free astronomers of a limitation that has plagued them since the days of Galileo—Earth's atmosphere. Shifting air pockets ...

Now, using NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, one team has identified ... protect astronauts as well as technology both in space and on the ground from hazardous space weather.